Scram Switch - Hackdot

Re:Scram Switch by mauvehaus on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @05:55PM (#26653646)

Fortunately, thanks to existence of a Wikipedia article, we don't have to take ESR's word for the etymology of the word. The article is neutral in asserting that Fermi coined the acronym, but does suggest that the usage derived from the existing usage of scram, meaning to GTFO with all due expediency. Other possible expansions are posited to be backronyms:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scram

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Re:Scram Switch by _kst_ on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:21PM (#26655593)

Fortunately, ESR specifically says it's a backronym.

> “Scram” was in origin a backronym for “Safety Cut Rope Axe Man” coined by Enrico Fermi himself.

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Re:Scram Switch by m463 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @02:31AM (#26657237)

as to effects, it might "scramble", as in eggs, or... filesystems. :)

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Re:Scram Switch by beervirus on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @07:09PM (#26654354)

If you don’t trust esr, why would you trust a source that can be edited by anyone in the world including esr*?

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Re:Scram Switch by dan-robertson on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @07:12PM (#26654389)

Because it can be corrected by anyone in the world whereas the former may only be corrected by esr.

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